ST. BONAVENTURE (1-1) at BOWLING GREEN (1-2)
Saturday, Nov. 16 – 12:00 p.m.
Bowling Green, Ohio – Stroh Center
TV: ESPN+
Radio: Bonnies Online Network

The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team remains on the road to take on Bowling Green Saturday, Nov. 16. Tipoff is slated for 12:00 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

Tune into the Bonnies Online Network at 11:45 a.m. for the pregame show.

TIPPING OFF
The Bonnies look to bounce back after a 60-52 setback on the road at Youngstown State Tuesday evening.

Dani Haskell poured in a game-high 24 points for the Brown and White on 8-of-16 shooting, including four threes to go along with seven rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals. Isabellah Middleton also finished in double figures with 15 points and grabbed a team-best eight rebounds.

The Bonnies were able to pull with five, 55-50, after a Middleton layup with 3:19 showing on the clock, forcing a Youngstown State timeout.

That would be as close as the Bonnies would get as the Penguins held the Brown and White without a field goal over the final three minutes.

CRASHING THE GLASS
Redshirt senior Isabellah Middleton leads the Bonnies through the first two games in rebounding, grabbing 6.5 boards per game.

In 32 career games with the Bonnies, Middleton has 23 contests with five or more rebounds, grabbing a Bonnies career-high 12 against Loyola Chicago Dec. 30, 2023. She has finished 13 games as the team's leading rebounder during her SBU career.

DOWNTOWN DANI
Redshirt senior Dani Haskell has made a team-best six 3-pointers this season, moving her St. Bonaventure total to 60. In 28 games with the Bonnies, Haskell has 11 games with three or more made treys.

Haskell has also registered five 20-point games for the Bonnies.

ATLANTIC 10 WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Freshman Mackenzie Pettinelli and Middleton were members of the Atlantic 10 Weekly Honor Roll Monday afternoon after helping the Bonnies to a season-opening victory over Binghamton last Saturday at the Reilly Center.

Middleton led the Bonnies with 19 points, five rebounds and five steals while Pettinelli chipped in 14 points, six rebounds and six assists in her collegiate debut.

BOWLING GREEN NOTES

• Bowling Green enters Saturday's matchup 1-2 to begin the new season, earning a win over Southern Mississippi, 71-67, in the season opener Nov. 4. The Falcons have dropped back-to-back road contests to Detroit Mercy and Cleveland State. BGSU finished last season 16-15 overall and 10-8 in Mid-American Conference play. The Falcons were picked to finish fourth in the MAC preseason poll.
• The Falcons are coached by Fred Chmiel who is in his second season at the helm of the women's basketball program. Chmiel was named head coach prior to the 2023-24 season after spending eight seasons at South Carolina under Dawn Staley, helping the Gamecocks to a pair of National Championships and a 247-32 record during that span.
• Bowling Green is led by MAC Preseason All-Conference First Team selection Amy Velasco who is averaging 19.7 points per contest. Paige Kohler ranks second on the squad at 13.7 points per night while Taya Ellis is averaging a double-double for the Falcons, posting 10.7 points and 10.0 rebounds a game.

SERIES HISTORY
The Bonnies and Falcons are slated to meet for just the ninth time since the all-time series began during the 1999-00 season. Bowling Green holds the edge over the Bonnies in the series, 6-2, and has earned wins the last two meetings.

Bona's and Bowling Green last met in the 2022-23 season opener at the Reilly Center. BGSU got the better of the Bonnies, 77-61.

Both Bonnies wins over the Falcons have come on home court, posting a 0-3 record in Ohio.

UP NEXT
The Bonnies wrap up a stretch of three straight games on the road, traveling to take on Little Three rival Canisius Tuesday, Nov. 19 in Buffalo. The 59^th meeting between the Bonnies and Golden Griffins is slated to tipoff at 6:00 p.m. at the Koessler Athletic Center.

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